Mediocre cruise

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 3.2
Author: Syrnymom

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Syrnymom

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 29, 2019

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8272

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Beautiful ports, terrible entertainment although the director was great. Food was ok. Not much outlined for gluten free or heart healthy options. Stateroom only gets cleaned once a day. Not as nice as other cruise lines

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main dining room. Only table clothes on tables for elegant evenings. No easy gluten free menu options

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Overcrowded pools, hot tubs,

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Stage shows- loud, looked like a strip show at times, Seems like everything is referenced to sexuality.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Jayat- dining room waiter excellent. The rest were nothing special.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Casino with smoking should be in a secluded area. Layout was ok. Design was dark and a bit gloomy. Common areas maintained well

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Loud. Rocky, balcony chairs were small. Too small for us to sit in. Noisy pipe sounds while sleeping from the ship rocking

Ship tip

Bring stuff to do Entertainment is either good for R or X rated only

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Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

3 out of 5

Just there to board the ship

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Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Excellent beach day

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Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Dolphin excursion was good

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

Beautiful. We did the resort for a day option

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Terrible. Limited directions

6 Comments

Deranker 4 years ago

Pro tip...you can request your room be cleaned twice a day. They dont tell you that. Also, as for heart healthy options.... youre on vacation....have a freakin doughnut for christ sake.😁

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Rosebuds6 4 years ago

Uh oh, we leave Sunday on the Legend. I hope our experience isn't that bad! Although we just love to cruise and don't care about tablecloths or gluten free food.

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bobduck1993 4 years ago

So sorry that you weren't able to enjoy yourself as you had wished!

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MamaKey 4 years ago

I agree that debarkation wasn’t the best experience as well. I was also on this sailing and that was the most painful part of the cruise and I agree that bringing games is a great idea to keep yourself busy. My friends and I played family feud and other cards games to keep ourselves busy sometimes.

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CruiseQueenNH 4 years ago

Glad to know I wasn't the only one with a bad experience on the ship. I am a bit surprised at the gluten free option though: did you tell them ahead of time you need gluten free?

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DerekMire 4 years ago

Shows no cruise for dec 19 and I don't do gluten free

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